RETIREMENT IN TIMES OF CRISIS What future for our pension systems?

RETIREMENT IN TIMES OF CRISIS

What future for our pension systems?

European Parliament ASP 01 G2

Tuesday 30 January 2018, 9:00 – 13:00

9:00-9:15

Welcome by hosting MEPs

 

9:15 – 11:00

Experiences from countries “saved” by the Troika

Moderator: Sofia SAKORAFA, MEP

Ramón FRANQUESA ARTES, professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Barcelona and advisor to Marea Pensionista – Catalonia, Spanish State
Xabier PEREZ DAVILA, trade unionist, economist and teacher – Galiza
Giorgos ROMANIAS, Labour law specialist, former Secretary General of Social Security of Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Welfare – Greece

Questions and discussion session (30’)

 

11:00-12:45

Proposals for sustainable public pensions systems

Moderator: Lidia SENRA,MEP

Victoria PORTAS MARINO, spokeswoman for the State Coordinator for the Defense of the Public Pension System and member of the Galician Movement for the Defense of Public Pensions – Galiza, Spanish State
Dimitris STRATOULIS, former Deputy Social Security Minister, member of the Political Secretariat of Popular Unity  – Greece
Henri LOURDELLE, Policy Advisor of the European Federation of Retired and Elderly People , ETUC

Questions and discussion session (30’)

 

12:45-13:00

Closing remarks: Nikos CHOUNTIS, MEP                                     

A light buffet lunch will follow the discussion

 

Registration by e-mail: [email protected]

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Hosted by MEPs :

Nikos CHOUNTIS

Sofia SAKORAFA

Lidia SENRA